The Writer's Workshop

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The Writer's WorkshopWhat is the Writer's Notebook?Elements of the WorkshopThe Writer's NotebookWhy Writer's Workshop?Read aloudthe mini lesson writing- sharing-What Goes in a writer's notebook?Read AloudRead touchstone or mentor textschoose texts forstyleliterary elementsgenreexcerpts okLanguage for a real purpose – to share ideas and information, to persuade and excite, to entertain and amuse.Language growing naturally throughexposure, repetition, experience, and experimentation increases knowledge and skill.Language is for communicationhaving a reasonable and responsible range of choices over their work increases self-control and self-motivation.Ownership increases responsibilityFeedback they can work with gives them ways to reach a goal and improve and gives them motivation to tryShows you value the experiences students bringMotivationMotivationActive engagement in constructing knowledge – Authentic projects create self-responsibility and motivation to succeed students find personal meaning and value in the materialSatisfying the need for creativityRelatedness – shared experiences and an open, positive atmosphere helps students feel like valued members of a learning community.Encouraging students to share ideas enhances thinking and learning and provides inspiration.Writing/grammar/usage and mechanics. The student will express ideas effectively in written modes for a variety of purposes and audiences. Standard 1: Writing Process. The student will use the writing process to write coherently. 1. Use a variety of prewriting activities such as brainstorming, clustering, illustrating, webbing, and using graphic organizers. 4. Select a focus and an organizational structure based upon purpose, audience, and required format. 5. Write one or more drafts by categorizing ideas, organizing them into paragraphs, and blending paragraphs in to longer text. 6. Revise selected drafts by adding, elaborating, deleting, combining, and rearranging text.7. Edit/proofread drafts, using standard editing marks, to ensure standard usage, mechanics, spelling, and varied sentence structure. 8. Publish and present writing to peers and adults.StandardsAutonomy -Autonomy in the learning process increases motivation.The mini lessonCraft Lessons - Things that writer's use to make good writing: writing leads, zooming in, description, word choiceGenre study - learning about different types of writingSkill lessons - things students need to learn : grammar, punctuationProcedures - how students should do things in the workshop: coming to the front, turning in papers, using resources, during writing timeWritingTeacherswrite with your studentsconferenceStudentsbrainstormrereadlook at model textspair conferencereviseeditpublishSharingeverybody read one line2-3 authors shareworks in progressstatus updatesIntegration of skills4 block - Guided reading Independent Readingwritingword workbreak them up into pieces teach each 30 minutes? Grammar in isolation doesn't work.

Writers work shop - guided reading, word work and grammar -Not all kids in the same place - just in time learning